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西洋文學概論 week thirteen

        1.      period(時期) v.s. genre(類型)

        2.      Aeschylus: the creator of tragedy

        3.      三大悲劇詩人: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (伯羅奔尼撒戰爭期間)

        4.      mock: make fun of

        5.      mag: big

ex. magnificent: very beautiful or impressive : very great

ex. magnifying glass 放大鏡

ex. magnitude: the size, extent, or importance of something

6.      the Healer: Apollo (p.612)

7.      Aristotle: Plato’s academy, born in Macedonia, dominate power in Greek world

8.      excerpt: a part or segment of a passage taken from a book, speech, play

9.      six elements: Plot, Character, Language, Thought, Spectacle, Melody (the most important one is the Plot)

10.  reversal 轉折

11.  fame: good reputation

12.  infamous: without good reputation

13.  “You were a gift”

14.  “Your ankles”

15.  cradle 搖籃

16.  blasphemer 褻瀆神的人

17.  oblivion 荒涼

18.  I fathered you in the soil that gave me life. → Jocasta

解釋名詞

1.      mimesis: imitation, representation, mimicry

2.      catharsis (p.780)

3.      moira: fate

4.      drama: fiction, performance, actors, stage, audience

5.      tragedy: drama, suffering, catharsis

6.      hamartia (tragic flaw) (flaw: 小缺點)

7.      dramatic irony